Paraguay

Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week.   UP Turks & Caicos Islands Test match rugby this past weekend saw the Turks & Caicos Islands traveling to the British Virgin …

The Americas Rankings for May 05 2019 have been calculated based on the results of two recent internationals. These matches were split over two weekends with the match dates being April 27, and May 04. On April 27 Guyana played host to Guadeloupe. The match was a winner-takes-all fixture to …

The 2019 Sudamérica 6 Naciones A takes place this month. The second edition of the South American Tier 1 competition will see three matches per country. As was the case in 2018 it is to be organized into either one or two home fixtures each. The same six countries return …

Club Olimpia will be Paraguay’s team in the Super Liga Sudamericana (SLAR). Confirmation was made today on twitter by Club Olimpia President Marco Trovato. Written in Spanish Trovato’s tweet read: “Coming next year, the OLIMPIA Rugby franchise is to compete in the Súper Liga Americana de Rugby as the only …

Brazil have been crowned champions of the 2019 Forúm Sudamérica Sevens. The competition was a regional event to serve as a warm-up ahead of Lima 2019, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic qualifiers. Played in Asunción, Paraguay As Yaras eased through the competition, winning all of their matches to continue to be …

The Súper Liga Sudamericana is to start in March 2020, Sudamérica Rugby has confirmed. It comes despite earlier reports having noted that the South American Professional league would begin in 2021. In an official announcement from Sudamérica Rugby today it has been confirmed that the competition will be known as …

Paraguay’s proposed professional team for the Liga Sudaméricana de Rugby is to consist predominantly of Argentine players, noted Daniel Hourcade. Following Paraguay’s heavy defeat against Tucumán the Head of the Sudmaérica Rugby High Performance and former Head Coach of Argentina made the statement. Paraguay were beaten 95-8 by Northern Argentine …

Chile have secured a home test match against Romania in June. To be played on Saturday, June 08 the home fixture for Chile is to be their first of two home June Internationals, the second being against Spain on June 15. Los Cóndores match against Romania will be played at …

Tucumán were far too good for Paraguay today, winning a friendly 95-8. The Northern Argentine province played at a great pace to run Paraguay ragged as former Jaguares Head Coach Raúl Pérez watched on. Los Naranjas firmly controlled  possession, forcing Paraguay to do little more other than defend throughout much …

South America’s professional league, the Liga Sudamericana de Rugby is facing a 2021 start. The competition had been planned to begin in 2020 but is now being pushed-back to begin in 2021 writes Ignacio Chans. While details have not yet been finalized it is noted that the league is to …